Easy way to get rid of carpenter ants?!

Well summer’s here and that means so are the freaking gigantic carpentar ants that show up at our house each year!!! This morning there were two of the suckers in our bed and one bit me!!!!! I don’t know if it’s obvious, but they freak me out and I want them gone.

Anyone have an easy tried and true way to get rid of them, even temporarily? We are actually moving in about two weeks so I don’t want to bother calling an exterminator, but at the very least I just don’t want them crawling in our bed. We’ve set out the traps where they go in and take poisoned food back to their colony or whatever, but can’t tell if it’s working yet.

@elysion: Do you know where they are coming from? If you do, set out liquid Terro baits where they are coming in from (usually near a wall or doorway). It will attract dozens to hundreds of them (so don’t get freaked out) but the “food” is laced with poison and will kill the queen in about 2-3 days. You might have to replace the bait a couple times, depending on how many ants feed. This is the ONLY bait that works. Raid and other brands do NOT work.